Word: beate
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...drama that unfolded last Saturday night at the men's Olympic hockey final in Nagano, in which the Czech Republic beat Russia 1-0 in a hair-raising game, had symbolic meaning well beyond awarding the gold medal to the underdogs. It closely reflected the role the Czechs, armed only with their ideas, played in destroying the Soviet Union...
...going to beat this thing. She'sfighting it, but it's not a positive prognosis,"Boyle said...
...would like to see the Cambridge police takenoff the Harvard beat," Clark said. "They don'tknow who the students are and that is the cause ofa lot of friction...
...eager to talk about just how competitive the situation can become. They may stay non-physical, but, during gameplay, their emotions run high with tension and potential anger. One anonymous freshman, referring to his roommate, remembers that "the closest I've ever come to killing him was when he beat me at Red Alert." Similar sentiments are echoed by Wei Zhou '01, who emphasizes that "We want to beat the crap out of each other...
...competition inherent in video games also contributes to the real-life hierarchy of players, battling to be alpha-male. Eli B. Richlin '01 boasts, "Being able to beat my roommate at a game of skill, such as `Red Alert' or `Madden' 98,' reinforces my superiority and my prominence in the pecking order." His roommate, Michael L. O'Byrne '01, can only defend himself by jibing, "[Winning at video games] is a means by which some can compensate for other inadequacies in their lives...